May 31, 2005
How far will this "sensitivity" crap go?
From Kathy Kinsley,
Beer 'Ganesh' brews storm in US: The Times of India
Washington, May 19: A California brewery’s decision to withdraw a beer named after the elephant-God Ganesh from the market has not quenched the desire of Hindu activists to seek damages for "hurting the sentiments of Hindus worldwide".
Brij Dhir, a Golden Gate University law student and attorney licensed in Mumbai, says he is going ahead with his class action lawsuit seeking $1 billion to compensate Hindus worlwide for the "emotional distress" they have suffered...
Law student at Golden Gate University. Uh huh. I kinda remember them from my book-selling days. Not exactly top-drawer. Is this some kind of student project? "For your final exam, sue somebody for a billion dollars. If you collect more than $100, a check for your professor's share may be submitted in lieu of your exam paper..."
There's something odd and ironic about this sort of foreigner coming to America to sue Americans for being insensitive. So, there's no insensitivity in India? Have you filed any lawsuits in Mumbai for insensitivity, Mr Brij Dhir? If an Indian brewery came out with Jesus Christ Beer, would you rush back to Mumbai to sue them for "hurting the sentiments of Christians worldwide"? Of course not, they'd just laugh at you... Only America is stupid enough to put up with this idiocy, due to the lefty America-haters entrenched in so many areas, including the courts. (And the same American lack-wits who want us to grovel and cringe in sensitivity to other religions would probably take a bottle of that Jesus Christ Beer and put it in a glass case in an art museum, with a little spot-light shining on it...
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Posted by: John Weidner at June 1, 2005 06:35 AMHow about THIS for a counter suit:
have the ADL sue India for allowing the use of the brand name "SWASTIKA," as in "Swastika Brand Rice."
The Swastika (both the name and the graphic depiction) is an old Indo-Aryan symbol for the "four forces of nature," or some such diddley-poop. I have seen bags of Swastika Brand Rice in East and Central Asian specialty markets here in the U.S.
Posted by: Roderick Reilly at June 1, 2005 01:10 PMFirst regarding the swastika, this was our symbol, hitler borrowed it and abused it. That's not our fault. He could have used the cross as his symbol. You wouldn't advocate the banning of the cross, would you? It was not the symbol that was evil. We are certainly sensitive enough not to use the symbol in some countries but in our country we should be free to use our symbol.
As for the Jesus christ beer, 2 wrongs don't make a right. If a hindu does not fight abuse to his religion, who will? We can certainly rule out Ms. Kathy Kinsley. If a christian feels that it is wrong to depict christ enjoying a beer why would be ok to use a hindu god? Wrong is wrong.
Lastly, we all know that lawsuits are always filed for outrageous amounts.
Posted by: Ketan Desai at June 4, 2005 06:52 PM
